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08/09/2005: "Speaking Of Fear..."

I have a dentist appointment this morning. I'm scared. I hate dentists. My SIL is a dental technician, so she convinced me to go last year for the first time in 8 years, but I have so much work that needs to be done that I have to go today and get a cleaning and exam so the dentist can decide how to handle all the work. I need:

Wisdom tooth extraction
Root canal
Two fillings
A broken tooth repaired
A crown

Hate dentists.

Oh, and it's only the fourth day of school here, and already some idiot has blown by the stopped school bus. A neighbor and I yelled at the idiot even before it got to the bus because it was apparent that they weren't going to stop, and unfortunately I didn't get their license plate number. I think they just didn't see the bus, because as they blew past and saw me screaming at them in the road, they hit the brakes but by then it was too late to stop. Still. Morons.

I'd have thrown a pinecone (one of those hard, unopened ones) at them, but I was holding one of my mice. Buboe, who had to be separated from the other two last night because he's a boy, and he was bugging the girls.

Anyone want a really friendly baby mouse?

Replies: 7 brave souls responded

on Tuesday, August 9th, Joely said

I hate dentists, too. When I was a kid--maybe 5?--I got scared, jumped out of the chair and started running up and down the hallways trying to find my mom. I got turned around and confused, couldn't find my way out. Total panic attack. It's not much better today!!! So huge hugs from one phobe to another!!

on Tuesday, August 9th, Sharon said

Ugh I hate going to the dentist too. It just seems so barbaric.

And don't forget, camera for morons. Call your local police chief and ask for a patrol car at the times of bus loading and unloading.

I hate morons who haven't got the sense God gave a mule.

on Tuesday, August 9th, Michelle said

Oh, bummer on the dental work. I hate dentists, too, especially the Floss Nazis. "Do you floss?"
"Uh, yeah. But not until my FREAKING GUMS BLEED, you sadist!"

on Tuesday, August 9th, Shesawriter said

Denists are on my crap list. I'm sorry. They give me the creeps. No offense to any dentists out there. It's not personal. Really. It's just a bugaboo of mine.

Tanya

on Wednesday, August 10th, Lynn Daniels said

Ummm, that'd be a big fat NO on the mouse. No offense.

Hate dentists. HATE them. Really need to get to one, though, because I want to have my mouth fixed within a year. Unfortunately, that'll require surgery (have to have my jaw broken and reset), so while part of me really wants it done, the other part is procrastinating like mad.

As for the moron with the bus, keep a pile of pinecones (and a digital camera) ready for the next one.

on Wednesday, August 10th, Larissa said

Thanks for the hugs, Joely! It was awful!

Sharon, it is totally barbaric. I sat in that torture device known as a dentist's chair, and they jammed a sharp hook into my gums, and I bled like a stuck pig. Yeah, the dentist's office is one big torture chamber.

LOL, Michelle!

Tanya, I'm with you!

Yikes on the jaw, Lynn!!!! And I'm SO taking a camera outside with me from now on!

on Wednesday, August 10th, Jill said

I have a major dentist phobia. GOOD luck.